Looking back at the children heading to Hundred Mountains.
By now, Li Yaowen had already ventured deep into the Endless Forest. However, she wasn't in Hundred Mountains.
[Beast Division, Beast-Loving Tribe, Elder Shou Qing's Home]
At this moment, Li Yaowen had changed back into Wu Clan clothing and was inside the home of the Beast-Loving Tribe's elder.
"Last time, Yaowen said she had some influence within the Wu Clan. Could this influence be the Beast-Loving Tribe?"
The more Li Wei thought about it, the more shocked he became. He couldn't even fathom how Li Yaowen had infiltrated them.
A moment later, Li Wei saw a young woman, wearing a tiger-skin coat, enter the small wooden house in the tree and sit opposite Li Yaowen.
"Well? Did you find anything?"
Li Yaowen in the image asked.
Shou Qing had a delicate appearance, but in the information Li Wei saw, she was a Golden Core expert.
Small text appeared above Shou Qing's head.
"I haven't found any information about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion cooperating with our Wu Clan," it read. "However, as far as I know, our three divisions—Beast, Ghost, and Spirit Jade—are desperately seeking allies. Two divisions have been swayed by the promised benefits and immense glory and are eager to join the fight. It's only a matter of time before they do."
"By the way, our Wu Clan has been unusually quiet recently. All eyes are on the Azure Cloud region. Logically speaking, they should be charging in like madmen. I heard that's what happened years ago when a region's main city was destroyed. The enemies they faced then were ten times greater than what Azure Cloud region is facing now."
Hearing this, Li Yaowen furrowed her brow in thought, then gradually relaxed.
Seeing Li Yaowen's state, Shou Qing said in a serious tone, "Li Yaowen, I've heard that the Li family hasn't made any moves. Our agreement was that you would help our Beast-Loving Tribe regain our position as a major power within the Beast Division and reclaim our former glory. Yet, the Beast Division's forces attacking Azure Cloud region haven't suffered any losses."
"My people and priests want to see results."
Li Yaowen replied calmly, "Elder Qingqing, to destroy the Beast Division, having you participate in a major battle is enough. But what about after the battle? Think about it, if the Beast-Loving Tribe remains completely unscathed, won't they be investigated?"
Shou Qing frowned. "That's not your concern. I just want results."
"Alright."
Li Yaowen narrowed her eyes. "Help me obtain something, and I'll give you my full support!"
"What is it?" Shou Qingqing asked, a look of joy appearing on her face.
A moment later, Shou Qingqing left the wooden house and headed towards a cave within the Beast-Loving Tribe's territory. Inside, a Flood Dragon swam around, encircling the tribe's aged priest.
"Great Priest, Li Yaowen of the Li family has fallen for the trap!"
Upon hearing this.
The priest opened his eyes and sneered. "Foolish humans. Greed and overconfidence will only lead them to their doom. The leader of Dawn in Azure Cloud is nothing special."
Shou Qingqing smiled darkly. "However, before that, Li Yaowen wants something—the spiritual treasure buried beneath the Giant Rock Spirit Jade Tribe's territory!"
"Hmm?"
The priest narrowed his eyes. "Currently, all the tribes within Hundred Mountains are searching for it. In that case, I'll inform the High Priest about this matter first."
"Yes!"
...
Inside the room, Li Wei's tablet flickered.
He saw everything—saw the collaboration between Li Yaowen and the Beast-Loving Tribe. Wherever there is life, there are disputes, and it seemed the Beast-Loving Tribe was no exception.
"Can the Wu Clan be trusted?"
Li Wei stroked the mouse. In the past, he would have thought nothing of it and been delighted at the prospect of having an informant within the Wu Clan.
But now?
Li Wei no longer trusted anyone. Look at Yu Xian—he seemed like a timid fool, but his schemes were beyond imagination, continuing to manipulate even in death. Then look at Feng Qingyang—he was practically an old monster, having disguised himself for over seven hundred years, so thoroughly that even his own son had no idea what kind of person he really was.
Li Wei couldn't shake the feeling that the cooperation between Li Yaowen and the Beast-Loving had come about too easily.
In Li Yaowen's personal records, Li Wei found information.
[Your descendant, Li Yaowen, arrived in the Wu Clan territory twenty years ago. She covets the fertile land of the Endless Forest, a place abundant in natural treasures, even richer in resources than the Azure Dynasty. She constantly schemes to claim the Endless Forest for her family. The Wu Clan people here can nourish the Primordial Blood Tree, fill the Heaven-Piercing Coffin, and provide corpses for her father to refine...]
[She has been plotting for years, identifying six struggling tribes. Step by step, she orchestrated situations where she would injure their important members, then heal them and return them to their tribes. This was her crude excuse to establish relations with the Wu Clan. Even if discovered, it wouldn't matter; she was giving these desperate Wu Clan tribes opportunities while also testing their intelligence...]
"Pfft..."
Li Wei, who had been drinking water, nearly spat it out. "I thought the Wu Clan were the invaders. Good heavens, you've been scheming for over twenty years! If the Wu Clan hadn't come to you, would you have eventually invaded them anyway?"
At this moment, Li Wei seemed to have an epiphany. It dawned on him that his Li family had always been the invaders... If everything that had happened before hadn't occurred, in a few decades, the situation would likely be different. Li Yaowen seemed even more terrifying and ambitious than Yu Xian and Feng Qingyang.
The only difference is that the thoughts of the previous generations of the Li family become integrated into the thinking of every member of the family.
Just like now. The family desires the spiritual object buried beneath the Hundred Mountains. All four children have come to try and find it, and the family is also making preparations.
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